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operation
noun [ countable ] the process of cutting into someone’s body to repair or remove a part that is damaged:
• He had an operation to remove a blood clot from his brain.
procedure
noun [ countable ] an operation performed in a particular way on a particular part of the body. Procedure is used especially in medical English, for example by doctors and people who work in hospitals. In everyday English people usually say operation:
• a common surgical procedure • The procedure normally only takes a few minutes.
transplant
noun [ countable ] an operation to remove an organ from one person’s body and put it into another person’s body:
• There is a shortage of donors for heart transplants. • She had to have a kidney transplant.
surgery
noun [ uncountable ] medical treatment involving an operation:
• She required surgery on her right knee. • He was taken in for surgery.
plastic surgery
noun [ uncountable ] surgery to improve someone’s appearance:
• The singer has just had plastic surgery on her nose.
bypass
noun [ countable ] an operation to make someone’s blood flow past a part of their heart that is blocked or damaged, often using a vein that has been removed from another part of their body:
• He went into hospital for a triple heart bypass.
skin graft
an operation to repair an area of skin that has been badly damaged, especially using skin from another part of someone’s body:
• Her leg was severely burned and may require a skin graft.
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun medical ADJ. major | minor, small | life-saving, vital | emergency | routine | delicate a delicate eye operation | exploratory | surgical, transplant | heart, knee, etc. VERB + OPERATION have, undergo He had an operation to remove a tumour. | come through, survive She came through the operation very well. | carry out, perform the surgeon performing the operation PREP. during a/the ~ She woke during the operation. | ~ for an operation for a kidney problem | ~ on a major operation on his heart organized activity ADJ. big, large-scale, major, massive | covert, undercover | combined, joint | tricky a tricky rescue operation | intelligence, military, naval, police | guerrilla | clean-up, drilling, mining, mopping-up, offensive, peacekeeping, relief, rescue, salvage, security UN troops supervised the relief operations. | banking, building, business restrictions placed on business operations VERB + OPERATION begin, launch, mount, undertake The authorities launched a massive security operation in the city. | carry out, conduct | supervise PREP. during a/the ~ during joint military operations PHRASES a theatre of operations (= where military operations take place) fact of sth functioning ADJ. effective, efficient, smooth | day-to-day the smooth day-to-day operation of the department VERB + OPERATION come into A ceasefire came into operation in May. | bring/put sth into | cease The factory will cease operation at the end of the year. PREP. during ~ The machine can get very hot during operation. | in ~ The current tax system has been in operation for ten years. PHRASES in/into full operation the only reactor in full operation
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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operation
verbs
have an operation
( also undergo an operation formal )
• Harris had a hip operation in October. • She has undergone 50 operations since birth.
do/carry out an operation
( also perform an operation formal )
• The operation was carried out by a team of surgeons at Papworth Hospital. • I’ve done this operation hundreds of times.
recover from an operation
• A man is recovering from an emergency operation after his pet dog attacked him.
survive an operation
• Only one person has survived an operation to implant an artificial heart.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + operation
a knee/heart/stomach etc operation
• He is almost back to full fitness after a knee operation.
a major/minor operation
• The unit cares for patients recovering from major operations.
an emergency operation
• He had to have his spleen removed in an emergency operation.
a routine operation
(= an operation that is often performed )
• a routine operation to remove an appendix
a life-saving operation
• The child underwent a life-saving operation to remove a blockage in her stomach.
a transplant operation
• He is too weak to undergo a transplant operation.
COMMON ERRORS
>>> Do not say ' take an operation '. Say have an operation .
>>> Do not say ' make an operation '. Say do an operation or perform an operation .
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